Isle.
The radical sense of the Hebrew word seems to be "habitable places," as opposed to water, and in this sense it occurs in
Hence it means secondarily any maritime district, whether belonging to a continent or to an island; thus it is used of the shore of the Mediterranean,
and of the coasts of Elishah,
i.e. of Greece and Asia Minor.
"So the inhabitants of this coastland will say in that day, 'Behold, such is our hope, where we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and we, how shall we escape?'"
Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland, You merchants of Sidon; Your messengers crossed the sea
"I will lay waste the mountains and hills And wither all their vegetation; I will make the rivers into coastlands And dry up the ponds.
"Your sail was of fine embroidered linen from Egypt So that it became your distinguishing mark; Your awning was blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah.
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